Benzalkonium chloride (BC) is a commonly used disinfectant and preservative. This study describes changes in expression level at the transcriptomic and proteomic level for Escherichia coli K-12… (More)

Sheep faeces may be an important source of Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing Escherichia coli. We have, therefore, established and evaluated a real-time 5'-nuclease PCR assay to quantify the stx(1) and… (More)

We compared the colonisation of the chicken gut by the two important pathogens Campylobacter jejuni (frequent food-borne pathogen) and alpha-toxin gene containing Clostridium perfringens (causative… (More)

We describe the different length (DL) qPCR method for quantification of UV induced DNA damage in cell killing. The principle of DL qPCR is that DNA damage inhibits PCR. Applications with different… (More)

The human intestinal microbiota plays a major beneficial role in immune development and resistance to pathogens. The use of antibiotics, however, can cause the spread of antibiotic resistance genes… (More)

This report describes the use of the Multilocus Sequence Typing (MLST) method for typing 32 strains previously identified as Campylobacter jejuni. This system identified a great diversity between the… (More)

A major challenge in microbial diagnostics is the parallel detection and identification of low-bundance pathogens within a complex microbial community. In addition, a high specificity providing… (More)